Armory Center for the Arts examines the past\, celebrates the present\,
and informs the future in The Armory Show and Tell\, a group exhib
ition comprised of artists invited to “perform your practice.”

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Armory Ce
nter for the Arts presents The Armory Show and Tell\, a series of
35 events that comprise a group exhibition\, which will run in the Armory’s
Caldwell Gallery from July 10 through September 22\, 2013. An event will o
ccur in the Armory’s Caldwell Gallery each Wednesday through Saturday from
July 10 through August 31\, from 12:45pm to 1:45. Two additional events fal
l outside this schedule: art Bingo with Justin Lowman on Saturday\, July 13
\, 7–9pm and a petting zoo and presentation on “cute” with Micol Hebron on
Saturday\, September 21\, 7–9pm. Events are free and open to the first 20 p
articipants\; no reservations are required. A full schedule of events is av
ailable at www.armoryarts.org/showandtell. Remnants from each event will ac
crue and be displayed during the course of the exhibition\, which will culm
inate in a closing reception on Saturday\, September 21\, 2013 from 7-9pm.
The exhibition will be on display through Sunday\, September 22.

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The
Armory Show and Tell coincides with the launch of the Armory’s 25th s
eason of exhibition programs as well as the 100th anniversary of the 1913 A
rmory Show\, the first exhibition of modern art in the US. For the past 25
years\, Armory Center for the Arts has distinguished itself through its com
mitment to the notion of artist as educator. Today\, The Armory Show an
d Tell has invited current and former Armory teaching artists and audi
ences to interrogate that idea\; it centers around daily public presentatio
ns by 35 of more than 300 current and former Armory teaching artists who re
sponded to an invitation to “perform your practice” in the Armory’s Caldwel
l Gallery. These artists have been further invited to leave behind a remnan
t of or detritus from their events\, to be incorporated into an exhibition
that expands over its 11-week duration.

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The Armory Show and Tell’s projects surprise\, amuse\, delight\, and enlighten: they include a gam
e of art Bingo\, conceived of by Justin Lowman and inspired by the famous c
hess match between Duchamp and Eve Babitz at the Pasadena Art Museum\; a pe
tting zoo and analysis of “cute” by Micol Hebron\; an improbable mash-up of
line dancing\, the work of Jean Arp\, and spiritual music\, connections am
ong which are drawn by Elizabeth Harvey\; and an example of “paying it forw
ard” by Mary Weatherford who\, in the spirit of generosity shown to her nea
rly twenty years earlier by Armory Teaching Artist Georgia Fee\, regifted h
er invitation to participate in The Armory Show and Tell to Laural
ee Pope (the only artist involved who has never taught at the Armory). Taki
ng an unexpected approach to the invitation\, David P. Earle responded by d
evising a method for managing the detritus from each event and its subseque
nt integration into the exhibition.

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Collectively\, the entire program em
braces a dynamic range of conversations\, demonstrations\, and interactions
around ideas that inform the practices of the 35 participating artists\, i
ncluding: risk analysis\, Hawaiian haku leis\, silent walking\, the connect
ion between painting and cooking\, immigration and parallel universes\, swe
atshop labor\, fringe sciences\, group identity\, growing crystals\, mappin
g hypothetical landmarks\, and more. Conceptually\, The Armory Show and
Tell pivots around ideas of “display” and “production” and considers
the biases inherent in what we choose to make public\, and how.

The Armory Show and Tell is organized by Gallery Di
rector / Chief Curator Irene Tsatsos with Gallery Manager / Assistant Curat
or Sinéad Finnerty-Pyne. The Armory Show and Tell and its accompan
ying publications\, which announce and document the exhibition and events\,
are made possible by a generous grant from the Pasadena Art Alliance.